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Month: April 2020

Geotechnical

Work complete on Furness line in Cumbria

16 April 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Network Rail has completed work to reinforce a steep railway embankment at Holmrock on the Furness line, to the south of the Kent Viaduct, between Barrow-in-Furness and Lancaster in Cumbria. The £500,000 project was aimed […]

Business

Bombardier to install new CBTC signalling for Frankfurt Airport people movers

16 April 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Bombardier Transportation has signed a ten-year contract with Fraport AG, owner and operator of Frankfurt Airport in Germany, to continue operating and maintaining the people mover system that connects terminals 1 and 2 and to […]

Accident Investigation

Train passes signal at danger near Loughborough, Leicestershire

15 April 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) is investigating how a train passed a signal at danger just south of Loughborough station. The train was a brand-new four-car Bombardier Class 710, destined for London Overground, that […]

Business

HS2 given permission to start construction

15 April 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 1

HS2 has formally begun the construction phase of the project as it has issued Notices to Proceed to the four main works civils contractors working on the project – SCS Railways, Align JV, EKFB JV, […]

Business

Hospital gowns by Royal appointment

14 April 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Companies around the UK are responding to pleas by NHS hospitals and care homes for more personal protective equipment (PPE) for staff. While engineering firms with 3D printers are making parts for facemasks, and major […]

Business

Siemens launches COVID-19 aid fund with CEO personally pledging €1 million

14 April 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

To help relief organizations and medical facilities worldwide, as well as to individuals impacted by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis, Siemens has set up an aid fund to be administered by its community-serving, non-profit organisation Siemens […]

Accident Investigation

Near miss in Scotland caused by confusion between lookouts – RAIB

14 April 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

RAIB – the Rail Accident Investigation Branch – has released its Safety Digest on a near miss between a Virgin train and track workers that took place near Kirtlebridge, Dumfries and Galloway, on 14 November […]

Business

Heritage railways await government decision on new coal mine

12 April 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 5

Even in these ‘green’ times, the UK still uses five million tonnes of coal a year. It is used, still, for power generation, for cement manufacture, for iron and steel production, for domestic heating and, […]

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Dean of Newcastle thanks transport workers

10 April 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Tyne and Wear Metro operator Nexus has released a message of thanks and support to transport workers who are keeping the region moving during the lockdown from the Dean of Newcastle, the Very Revd Geoff […]

Business

QTS uses 3D printer to help NHS

10 April 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 1

QTS Group, which, in conjunction with Network Rail Scotland’s works delivery team, donated 40 pairs of Bollé safety glasses to the Adult Theatre team at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow last week, is […]

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  • Battery train sets new world record
  • Paul McNerney to join Severfield from Laing O’Rourke
  • Mick Rayner appointed Non-Executive Director of RSSB
  • Deutsche Bahn needs to find €6.5 billion to complete Stuttgart 21
  • Robin Gisby to step down as the government’s train operator
  • EMR driver training is a family affair
  • Hitachi Rail completes acquisition of Omnicom from Balfour Beatty
  • Cumbrian Coast line closed at Whitehaven “indefinitely”
  • New trains enter service on the Coryton line in South Wales
  • Unipart publishes roadmap to its Net Zero 2040 target
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  • Phil Mortimer: A recent funded R&D project focused on the use of alternatives to steel for the ohl masts. This has several…
  • Nigel: Fully support this restoration from the East Lancashire side,existing infrastructure mostly well built and promises a highly efficient 12 mile…
  • Clive Broadhead: After the undoubtedly achievement of resurrecting the railways in Scotland why are the current NR management he'll bent on squandering…
  • 230001 sets out on its record-breaking run from Reading station.
  • Paul McNerney will leave Laing O'Rourke to take over as CEO of Severfield in the autumn of 2025.
  • Mick Rayner, managing director of Balfour Beatty's rail business, is joining the RSSB Board as non-executive director representing infrastructure contractors.
  • Impression of how Stuttgart station will look on completion.
  • Robin Gisby will step down from being CEO of the DfT Operator on 23 December 2025.
  • 12 trainees drivers have just graduated at East Midlands Railway.
  • Hitachi Rail's acquisition of Omnicom will support its HMAX digital asset management platform globally.
  • Five new Class 756 Flirt trains have entered service between Coryton, Caerphilly and Penarth.
  • Impression of how Stuttgart station will look on completion.
    Deutsche Bahn needs to find €6.5 billion to complete Stuttgart 21
    7 August 2025 0
  • Robin Gisby will step down from being CEO of the DfT Operator on 23 December 2025.
    Robin Gisby to step down as the government’s train operator
    7 August 2025 0
  • 12 trainees drivers have just graduated at East Midlands Railway.
    EMR driver training is a family affair
    7 August 2025 0
  • Hitachi Rail's acquisition of Omnicom will support its HMAX digital asset management platform globally.
    Hitachi Rail completes acquisition of Omnicom from Balfour Beatty
    1 August 2025 0
  • Cumbrian Coast line closed at Whitehaven “indefinitely”
    31 July 2025 0
  • Five new Class 756 Flirt trains have entered service between Coryton, Caerphilly and Penarth.
    New trains enter service on the Coryton line in South Wales
    31 July 2025 0
  • Unipart has published its 2025 Sustainability Report, detailing its roadmap to meeting its Net Zero 2040 target.
    Unipart publishes roadmap to its Net Zero 2040 target
    30 July 2025 0
  • Arriva will restore train connections to communities in Poland’s Kujawsko-Pomorskie region from December 2026.
    Arriva to revive two regional routes in Poland
    30 July 2025 0
  • Tony Lodge of the Centre for Policy Studies has written a report entitled Rail’s Last Chance: A four-point plan to save the railways
    Warning that Great British Railways risks repeating the mistakes of British Rail
    29 July 2025 0
  • The Black Country Innovative Manufacturing Organisation (BCIMO) went into administration on 1 July 2025.
    BCIMO sold to Dudley Council
    23 July 2025 0
  • Signal box moves 100 metres overnight
    13 November 2020 0
  • Omnicom, which provides software and hardware for surveying, inspecting and monitoring rail infrastructure assets, will change hands, from Balfour Beatty to Hitachi Rail, later in 2025.
    Balfour Beatty to sell Omnicom to Hitachi Rail
    17 January 2025 0
  • New South Shields Interchange to open 4 August
    7 July 2019 0
  • HS2 tunnel vent headhouse for Little Missenden
    1 November 2020 0
  • Laser scans help plan Ribblehead viaduct refurbishment
    23 November 2020 2
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